Arbroath
2023–24 season
ChairmanMike Caird
ManagerDick Campbell
(until 25 November)
StadiumGayfield Park
Scottish League CupGroup stage
Scottish Challenge CupQuarter-final
Scottish CupThird round

The 2023–24 season is Arbroath's fifth consecutive season in the Scottish Championship, following their promotion from Scottish League One in the 2018–19 season. They will also compete in the Scottish League Cup, Scottish Challenge Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Competitions

Pre-season and friendlies

DateOpponentVenueResult[lower-alpha 1]ScorersAttendanceRef.
24 June 2023Brechin CityAway1–1Gold 51'809[1]
1 July 2023MontroseHome1–3Little 50'[2]
8 July 2023Stirling AlbionAway2–1Dow 45', Trialist 78'[3]
12 July 2023DundeeHome0–1Robinson 36'2,160[4]
15 July 2023FalkirkAway2–1Bird 20', Baldé 60'[5]

Scottish Championship

Win Draw Loss
DateOpponentVenueResult[lower-alpha 1]ScorersAttendanceRef.
4 August 2023Dundee UnitedHome0–45,558[6]
12 August 2023Queen's ParkAway1–2McIntosh 71'916[7]
19 August 2023Queen's ParkHome0–11,477[8]
26 August 2023Greenock MortonAway3–0McKenna 20', Wilson 73' o.g., Baldé 90+4'1,746[9]
2 September 2023Ayr UnitedHome2–1Bird 21', Hylton 82'1,643[10]
16 September 2023AirdrieoniansHome4–0McKenna 2', Hylton 35', Bird 88', McIntosh 90+1'1,708[11]
23 September 2023Partick ThistleAway3–0Hylton 12', 80', O'Brien 39'3,159[12]
30 September 2023Inverness Caledonian ThistleHome2–3Stewart 69', McKenna 79'1,723[13]
27 October 2023Dundee UnitedAway0–68,489[14]
4 November 2023Partick ThistleHome1–3Hylton 87'1,753[15]
11 November 2023AirdrieoniansAway0–21,418[16]
28 November 2023Dunfermline AthleticAway0–33,226[17]

Scottish League Cup

Group stage

Win Draw Loss
DateOpponentVenueResult[lower-alpha 1]ScorersAttendanceRef.
19 July 2023CowdenbeathHome1–1 (4–3 pen.)McKenna 51' pen.1,010[18]
22 July 2023St MirrenAway0–42,059[19]
25 July 2023Forfar AthleticAway1–3Bird 41'1,129[20]
29 July 2023MontroseHome3–0McIntosh 12', Dünnwald-Turan 70', Bird 79'1,408[21]

Scottish Challenge Cup

Win Draw Loss
RoundDateOpponentVenueResult[lower-alpha 1]ScorersAttendanceRef.
Third round9 September 2023Inverness Caledonian ThistleHome4–2Gold 34', O'Brien 41', Stewart 70', Steele 84'780[22]
Fourth round14 October 2023Queen of the SouthAway2–1Bird 54', McKenna 90'786[23]
Quarter-final18 November 2023Wales The New SaintsAway1–4Bird 9'587[24]

Scottish Cup

Win Draw Loss
RoundDateOpponentVenueResult[lower-alpha 1]ScorersAttendanceRef.
Third round25 November 2023The SpartansAway1–2Gold 49'647[25]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
6 Ayr United 13 4 2 7 17 25 −8 14
7 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 12 3 4 5 12 13 −1 13
8 Queen's Park 13 3 4 6 18 27 −9 13
9 Arbroath 12 4 0 8 16 25 −9 12 Qualification for the Championship play-offs
10 Greenock Morton 12 2 2 8 12 22 −10 8 Relegation to League One
Updated to match(es) played on 28 November 2023. Source: [26]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-to head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).[27]

League Cup table

Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification STM FOR ARB MON COW
1 St Mirren 4 3 0 0 1 9 1 +8 9 Qualification for the second round — 4–0 4–0 — —
2 Forfar Athletic 4 3 0 0 1 6 6 0 9 — — 3–1 — 1–0
3 Arbroath 4 1 1 0 2 5 8 −3 5 — — — 3–0 p1–1
4 Montrose 4 1 1 0 2 3 6 −3 5 1–0 1–2 — — —
5 Cowdenbeath 4 0 0 2 2 2 4 −2 2 0–1 — — 1–1p —
Source: [28]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[29]

Transfers

Transfers in

Date Position Name From Fee Ref.
18 May 2023 MF Craig Slater Forfar Athletic Free transfer [30]
22 May 2023 FW Leighton McIntosh Cove Rangers [31]
24 May 2023 DF Aaron Steele East Fife [32]
7 June 2023 GK Ali Adams Musselburgh Athletic [33]
16 June 2023 FW Mark Stowe Linlithgow Rose [34]
7 July 2023 MF Germany Kenan Dünnwald-Turan Free agent [35]
12 July 2023 MF England Jess Norey England Barking [36]
15 July 2023 FW England Jay Bird England Dagenham & Redbridge [37]
28 July 2023 FW England Jermaine Hylton Free agent [38]
12 September 2023 MF Darren Lyon Kelty Hearts [39]

Transfers out

Date Position Name To Fee Ref.
17 May 2023 MF Bobby Linn Lochee United Free transfer [40][41]
23 May 2023 FW Kieran Shanks Peterhead Undisclosed [42]
25 May 2023 FW England Sean Adarkwa England Wealdstone Free transfer [43][44]
DF England Lewis Banks England Altrincham [43][45]
MF England Yasin Ben El-Mhanni [43]
GK Cammy Gill Montrose [43][46]
FW Dale Hilson Stirling Albion [43][47]
FW Nigeria Paul Komolafe [43]
MF Dylan Paterson Linlithgow Rose [43]

Loans in

Date Position Name From End date Ref.

Loans out

Date Position Name To End date Ref.
23 August 2023 MF Scott Allan Northern Ireland Larne 31 May 2024 [48]
3 November 2023 MF Portugal João Baldé East Kilbride 1 January 2024 [49]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Arbroath's score written first

References

  1. ↑ "Brechin City 1 Arbroath 1". Brechin City FC. 24 June 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  2. ↑ "Arbroath 1 – 3 Montrose – Ricky Little Testimonial". Brechin City FC. 4 July 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  3. ↑ "Stirling Albion 1 – 2 Arbroath". Arbroath FC. 8 July 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  4. ↑ "Arbroath Match Report". Dundee FC. 12 July 2023. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  5. ↑ "Falkirk 1–2 Arbroath". Arbroath FC. 16 July 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  6. ↑ "Arbroath v Dundee United". BBC Sport. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  7. ↑ "Queen's Park v Arbroath". BBC Sport. 12 August 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  8. ↑ "Arbroath 0–1 Queen's Park: Visitors maintain perfect Scottish Championship start". BBC Sport. 19 August 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  9. ↑ "Greenock Morton 0–3 Arbroath: First league win of the season for visitors". BBC Sport. 26 August 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  10. ↑ "Arbroath v Ayr United". BBC Sport. 2 September 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  11. ↑ "Arbroath v Airdrieonians". BBC Sport. 16 September 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  12. ↑ "Partick Thistle v Arbroath". BBC Sport. 23 September 2023. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  13. ↑ "Arbroath v Inverness Caledonian Thistle". BBC Sport. 30 September 2023. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  14. ↑ "Dundee United v Arbroath". BBC Sport. 27 October 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  15. ↑ "Arbroath v Partick Thistle". BBC Sport. 4 November 2023. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  16. ↑ "Airdrieonians v Arbroath". BBC Sport. 11 November 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  17. ↑ "Dunfermline Athletic v Arbroath". BBC Sport. 28 November 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  18. ↑ "Arbroath v Cowdenbeath". BBC Sport. 19 July 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  19. ↑ "St Mirren v Arbroath". BBC Sport. 22 July 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  20. ↑ "Forfar Athletic v Arbroath". BBC Sport. 25 July 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  21. ↑ "Arbroath v Montrose". BBC Sport. 29 July 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  22. ↑ "Arbroath v Inverness CT". BBC Sport. 9 September 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  23. ↑ "Queen of the South v Arbroath". BBC Sport. 14 October 2023. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  24. ↑ "The New Saints v Arbroath". BBC Sport. 18 November 2023. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
  25. ↑ "The Spartans v Arbroath". BBC Sport. 25 November 2023. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  26. ↑ "cinch Championship Table". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  27. ↑ "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League" (PDF). SPFL. pp. 38–39. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  28. ↑ "Summary - League Cup Group H". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  29. ↑ "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  30. ↑ "Craig Slater". Arbroath FC. 18 May 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  31. ↑ "Leighton McIntosh". Arbroath FC. 22 May 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  32. ↑ "Aaron Steele". Arbroath FC. 24 May 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  33. ↑ "Welcome Ali Adams". Arbroath FC. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  34. ↑ "Mark Stowe". Arbroath FC. 16 June 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  35. ↑ "Kenan Dünnwald-Turan". Arbroath FC. 7 July 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  36. ↑ "Welcome Jess Norey". Arbroath FC. 12 July 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  37. ↑ "Welcome, Jay Bird". Arbroath FC. 15 July 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  38. ↑ Temple, Alan (2023-07-28). "Arbroath sign Jermaine Hylton after former Ross County and Motherwell forward impressed against Dundee". The Courier. Retrieved 2023-07-28.
  39. ↑ "Welcome Darren Lyon". Arbroath FC. 2023-09-12. Retrieved 2023-09-15.
  40. ↑ "Thank You Bobby Linn". thecourier.co.uk. 17 May 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  41. ↑ Smith, Ewan (2023-06-25). "Bobby Linn 'coming home' with Lochee United move as Arbroath legend couldn't 'cross Angus divide'". The Courier. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  42. ↑ "'He can score the goals to bring success to the club' – Peterhead co-boss Jordon Brown delighted to sign striker Kieran Shanks permanently". pressandjournal.co.uk. 23 May 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  43. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Squad Update May 2023". berwickrangers.com. 25 May 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  44. ↑ "New Signing - Exciting Adarkwa signs for Stones". wealdstone-fc.com. 31 July 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  45. ↑ "I'll win tackles and I'll win headers, vows Lewis, in his first Alty TV interview". altrinchamfc.com. 15 June 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  46. ↑ "Cammy Gill praises both Arbroath and Montrose as he crosses the 'great Angus divide'". thecourier.co.uk. 11 May 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  47. ↑ "Dale Hilson – NEW SIGNING". stirlingalbionfc.co.uk. 2 June 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  48. ↑ "Scott Allan joins Larne on loan". arbroathfc.co.uk. 23 August 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  49. ↑ "João Baldé joins East Kilbride on loan". arbroathfc.co.uk. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
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